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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the man tell Ari he gave up long ago?
(a) Women.
(b) Killing.
(c) Driving.
(d) Drinking.

2. What does the Marlboro Man tell the Minister that the Prime Minister, whom he says took all the glory, really was?
(a) A conniving thug.
(b) Just a pretty face.
(c) A schmuck.
(d) A sly fox.

3. What word does the Marlboro Man use to describe the Prime Minister?
(a) Snob.
(b) Dimwit.
(c) Sissy.
(d) Toughguy.

4. What does the Marlboro Man do when they approach a checkpoint near the airport?
(a) He holds up a badge.
(b) He squeezes his arm around the Minister.
(c) He holds a knife to Ari's waist.
(d) He pulls a gun out.

5. What does the Minister recall he and the Prime Minister doing "to young thugs who could not even spell their own names" (10)?
(a) Tutoring them.
(b) Giving them guns.
(c) Beating them up.
(d) Finding them jobs.

6. Who is screaming the Minister's name as he walks down the tarmac with his aides at the end of the story?
(a) His wife.
(b) Ari.
(c) The crowd.
(d) The Marlboro Man.

7. How long has the Marlboro Man been in prison before he is able to escape?
(a) 30 years.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 15 years.

8. Where does the man who got into the car with the Minister tell him he wants to go?
(a) To the airport.
(b) To a hotel.
(c) To church.
(d) To a cafe.

9. Why was the Marlboro Man given that nickname?
(a) He used to sell Marlboros from his trunk.
(b) He was from a town called Marlboro.
(c) His aunt used to send him Marlboro Reds from America.
(d) He used to steal Marlboros from convenient stores.

10. What author does the Minister recall he and the Prime Minister reading in their youth?
(a) Salinger.
(b) Vonnegut.
(c) Fitzgerald.
(d) Hemingway.

11. Where is the "decades-old failed public-works project" (7) that Ari drives past with the Minister and the man in the car?
(a) The forest.
(b) Downtown.
(c) The reservoir.
(d) The old mill.

12. What does the man tell the Minister is different about both of them from their younger days?
(a) Their hair is shorter.
(b) They have much more money.
(c) They are far more educated.
(d) Their bellies are bigger.

13. What types of tales did Elena tell the Minister's children when they were young?
(a) Tales of Jesus as a young man.
(b) Tales of the apocalypse.
(c) Tales of the Devil as a young man.
(d) Tales of elves and fairies.

14. What does the Minister say to the Marlboro Man when he tries to say the two are similar?
(a) He agrees with him.
(b) The Minister says that the Man is far more noble than he is.
(c) The Minister says that he should have been arrested with the man.
(d) He tells him he is insane.

15. What does the man tell the Minister is disappointing after the Minister says he knows the man will kill them?
(a) That the Minister relies on Ari to help him.
(b) That the Minister is running away.
(c) That the Minister does not recognize the man.
(d) That the Minister was not prepared for the storm.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Minister know the man in the car is not from the Red Cross?

2. What does the Minister say to the man after he has pulled him into the car with Ari?

3. What does the Minister tell the Marlboro Man will happen to him once they reach the airport?

4. What is the only thing the Prime Minister reads in the present?

5. What does Ari do as he drives the Minister and the man who got into the car with them?

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